1986 Washington State Cougars football team

1986 Washington State Cougars football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
1986 record 3–7–1 (2–6–1 Pac-10)
Head coach Jim Walden (9th season)
Home stadium Martin Stadium
1986 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 –1 –1  10 –1 –1
No. 14 UCLA 5 –2 –1  8 –3 –1
No. 18 Washington 5 –2 –1  8 –3 –1
No. 11 Arizona 5 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Stanford 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
USC 5 –3 –0  7 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –1  3 –7 –1
California 2 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth and final season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6–1 against Pac-10 opponents, eighth place) and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 312 to 221.[1][2] The Cougars tied eventual Rose Bowl champion Arizona State in Tempe in late September,[3] then beat USC by twenty points in Pullman, but lost their final five games and dropped in the standings.

WSU's statistical leaders in 1986 included senior quarterback Ed Blount with 1,882 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 921 rushing yards, and Kitrick Taylor with 523 receiving yards.[4] Notable players included Timm Rosenbach, Mike Utley, and future head coach Paul Wulff.[5]

Walden departed for Iowa State in the Big Eight Conference in mid-December,[6][7] and was succeeded by Dennis Erickson, who returned to the Palouse in January 1987 after just one season at Wyoming.[8][9]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 6 UNLV* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 34–14  
September 13 San Jose State* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L  13–20  
September 20 at California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA L  21–31  
September 27 at No. 11 Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ T  21–21  
October 4 Oregon State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 24–14  
October 11 No. 9 USCdagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA W 34–14  
October 25 at No. 17 UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L  16–54  
November 1 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L  12–42  
November 8 No. 17 Arizona Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L    6–31  
November 15 at Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR L  17–27  
November 22 No. 12 Washington Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup) L  23–44  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Source:[10]

Season summary

UNLV

1 234Total
UNLV 0 707 14
• Washington St 21 373 34

Source:[11]

References

  1. ↑ "1986 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "WSU is fit to be tied with Arizona State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 28, 1986. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ "1986 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Washington State at Arizona State: probable starters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 27, 1986. p. 3B.
  6. ↑ Devlin, Vince (December 16, 1986). "It's official: Walden's gone". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
  7. ↑ Condotta, Bob (December 15, 1986). "Iowa State hires WSU's Walden". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1.
  8. ↑ Grummert, Dale (January 8, 1987). "Erickson sets lofty goals for Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. C1.
  9. ↑ Condotta, Bob (January 7, 1987). "Denny's dream comes true". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1.
  10. ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1986 Sep 7. Retrieved 2018-Jan-15.
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